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Gopher Pest Control in Orange County, CA

If moles or gophers are damaging your Orange County landscaping and you need Gopher Service service call Rodent Guys to rescue your landscape. Our Gopher Service service in Orange County, CA is available with pet friendly methods with well trained techs. Call us at 909-599-4711 to service Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

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Any gopher control Orange County Ca . needs is from the pocket gopher that is the same thing as a gopher. A large amount of destruction is almost always to new plants as they are young, un-established plus it doesn’t take a lot of gnawing for a gopher to eliminate or devour it. Grass can be highly effected by gophers with damages from both the feeding on of the turf as well as the soil moved on top along with residing on the lawn which in turn smothers it.

Big trees can take chewing for a little bit so not to worry. Smaller trees might be killed by way of gopher immediately since the roots supplying the life to the tree are young. You discover distinct limbs of trees or bushes continue to die out whenever gophers are harming them. This is due to the roots supplying life for that an area of the plant is harmed or destroyed because of the gopher and no longer providing life to that section of the plant you’re raising.

How Do I Know if I need service?

Gopher mounds with exit hole

Gopher Mound

Pocket gopher burrows are normally stuffed wth dirt like in the picture above. This helps to differentiate them from other burrowing rodents like voles. They can make one to three mounds per day which is why you want to remove gophers right away on your home. Gopher removal (not gofer removal ) is typically done by a gopher specialist pest control company with background in how to eliminate gophers for your lawn. Always check that they have an agriculture pest control license as required by California state law in and not merely a structural license.

Destruction and why we need Removal

Gophers eat plants, tree roots, ornamental flowers and vegetables on your garden – if it’s a plant they probably will eatwll consume|like} it. Most damage is to new plants because they are young, un-established and it doesn’tdoes not} take a lot for a gopher to destroy or consume it. Lawn is also very impacted by gophers with destruction from both the eating of the lawn and the dirt pushed up and staying on the grass which kills it.

Large trees can take gnawing for a while so not to panic. Smaller trees can be destroyed by a gopher right away because the root system supplying the nutrients to the tree are undeveloped. You will notice certain branches of trees or bushes begin to dry out when gophers are attacking it. This is caused by the roots giving life to that part of the plant is damaged or killed by the gopher and no longer supplying nutrients to that part of the tree you are growing in.

The most effective control methods for gopher extermination are burrow fumigants, poison baiting, burrow blasting, Tunnel Fill, and trapping. Trapping, Tunnel Fill and baiting are techniques that a property owner can use with limited success. Burrow Blasting is typically done by a service dedicated to gophers (we use a Varmint Getter for burrow blasting) due to the expense of the machine.

Burrow fumigants are very useful but are restricted materials in, only available to and used by licensed technicians like us. Burrow fumigants are not the same as the flares from the tools store which are seldom successful.

Poison baits used by agriculture pest control companies are much higher strength and effective than what is available to a homeowner. The main reason to hire a gopher expert is the experience of what method to use for each situation and proper placement of fumigants and or bait for effective control of gophers.

Using water to force them to surface

Flooding can work on farms where the whole field is flooded and there is nowhere for a gopher to go. On your property you are going to try to flood the gopher with a water holse in the opening. The problem is the water usually never fills up the burrow and the gopher simply raises his nose above the water line until you begin to think about about the water bill in Orange County and shut off the water off.

Repellent

There are no repellents in Orange County available at the present time that have been proved to provide good Gopher Service. Several plants, such as gopher purge and cantor bean have been said to offer protection, but these claims have never been proved. If they really worked to get rid of gophers you would not be reading this site.

Keeping gophers out of your yard using physical barriers can be effective for small areas. Any large project, such as placing fencing around the area of your backyard would cost too much. Plus this would at best only offer short-term control. At some point gophers find a way in.

Above ground flower beds can be protected by placing a 1/4 inch galvanized hardware cloth under the bed and securing it to the 2×6 wood frame before filling with soil in your yard.

Calif DFG position

When gophers are causing damage to you Orange County property, they are allowed to be removed by all allowable method. Allowable ways include gopher traps and poison bait used by the owner or tenant of the property. Any poison bait used to kill gophers must be registered for gophers on the product label and follow the instructions carefully.

Rodent Guys Gopher Services

Rodent Guys will come out to provide Gopher Service services in Orange County using the best methods based on each property such as fumigation. Depending on where tunnels are located poison baits are used instead of fumigation of tunnels. Gopher Service is a tough job for the novice, we have a lot of experience with it.

Captured two Gophers

This is head honcho of Rodent Guys, Nick Nielsen, with 2 gophers, one caught in a gopher trap and one controlled with bait. Nick and his team of Gopher Service experts will be holding trophies like these at the end of your project.

We Service Most areas in the following counties:

Los Angeles County, Ventura, San Bernardino County, Orange County and Riverside County